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Institutions and Imaginaries
Stephanie Smith
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Description for Institutions and Imaginaries
paperback. Socially engaged art, by means of its transformative practice, is shaping today's institutions and the very culture of now. This volume focuses on how artists and others have worked with, within, and sometimes in opposition to large Chicago institutions, such as public schools, universities, libraries, archives, museums, and other civic bodies. Editor(s): Smith, Stephanie. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Socially engaged art, by means of its transformative practice, is shaping today's institutions and the very culture of now. And in a city famous for both its physical and political structures, few creative communities are as deeply intertwined with a city's framework as those in Chicago. This volume focuses on how artists and others have worked with, within, and sometimes in opposition to large Chicago institutions, such as public schools, universities, libraries, archives, museums, and other civic bodies. Drawing from a broad range of interdisciplinary sources, it explores the far-reaching effect of socially motivated art on urban life. It grounds ... Read more
Socially engaged art, by means of its transformative practice, is shaping today's institutions and the very culture of now. And in a city famous for both its physical and political structures, few creative communities are as deeply intertwined with a city's framework as those in Chicago. This volume focuses on how artists and others have worked with, within, and sometimes in opposition to large Chicago institutions, such as public schools, universities, libraries, archives, museums, and other civic bodies. Drawing from a broad range of interdisciplinary sources, it explores the far-reaching effect of socially motivated art on urban life. It grounds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780982879863
SKU
V9780982879863
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About Stephanie Smith
Stephanie Smith is deputy director and chief curator at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art and an editor of the international art journal Afterall. She is the author of Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art and Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art.
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